.M. Evening Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Split was intended to star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead character, yet the star left only pair of full weeks just before shooting resulted from begin. James McAvoy, who took over for Phoenix metro, explained this unusual growth in a recent interview.Appearing on the Pleased Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy claimed Phoenix az is actually an "fantastic star," and he would possess played the personality in a different way coming from the Scottish star. Split tells the story of a male (McAvoy) who possesses 23 different personalities, so anybody can comprehend exactly how preparation sounds like it could be essential to playing the job well. Yet McAvoy claimed can be found in therefore overdue at the same time was something of a relief due to the fact that he could not over-prepare." I think he will give a quite different performance to the one I did. But I think he will offer an incredible efficiency. Sometimes coming in last minute is actually the most effective method," he said. "I think he dropped it like two full weeks prior to they started firing. It was actually last minute. I had pair of weeks [to ready]" McAvoy went on to say the Split script was actually therefore well put-together that he didn't have a hard time a lot of to recognize what he wanted to carry out in the film, despite the fact that he can be found in so overdue. McAvoy claimed there were a couple characters/personalities that "took a bit longer to discover," but other than that, he claimed he didn't battle too much to discover his footing as well as make the motion picture Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split had not been the final time Phoenix quit of a film right just before recording, as he recently gave up a Todd Haynes romance film just 5 days just before shooting. A report said Phoenix is most likely to pay for a low-seven-figure expense as a make-good, looking at collections were actually actually produced as well as the flick was actually marketed to suppliers when he quickly left.McAvoy superstars in the scary film Talk No Wickedness, which is in movie theaters now. As for Phoenix metro, his next significant flick is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which pertains to cinemas in October.In other updates about McAvoy, the actor additionally explained how he auditioned for and also might possess starred in the Harry Potter flick series, but decided on to pass.